January 2005
January 31, 2005
Groundhog Day
Happy Groundhog Day!! For the past ten years, February 2 has been one of our family's favorite holidays. No, we've never been to Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney or seen old Punxsutawney Phil - the groundhog with the all-important shadow - in person. Maybe next year....5:50 PM in Holidays, Movies | Permalink | Comments (1)
January 30, 2005
Walking the walk
It's been a week since Sanctity of Life Sunday and something's heavy on my mind. I've been grieving since October when a young, beautiful, highly educated, and supposedly pro-life Christian celebrity/spokesperson -- Kelly Hollowell -- used her precious God-given forum on worldnetdaily to publicly freak out (click freak out...5:54 PM in Down syndrome, Pro-Life Issues | Permalink | Comments (5)
January 29, 2005
Montessori at Home #1
No mother has to experience the Terrible Twos. All it takes is understanding and practicing a few Montessori principles to help your child sail gracefully through what can really be a thoroughly delightful and productive stage. My Montessori training took nine months of 9-5. I've written a book...9:56 AM in Homeschooling, Montessori, Mothering | Permalink | Comments (7)
January 28, 2005
I'd rather be a mommy
Okay, anyone who's been here before, please read my weblog description as it has changed. I've realized that in this intimate setting, I can't limit my writing to mothering topics. Let me explain. In the 60's/70's, we had a phrase: The personal is the political. As a...2:27 PM in Homeschooling, Inspiration, Mothering, Writing | Permalink | Comments (2)
January 27, 2005
A book by its cover
Yay here is the cover for my new book! It will be out in April!...5:04 PM in Books, Mothering, Writing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Life Lessons From My Kids #1
I live with some pretty opinionated individuals. I'm serious. They start young and they say what they think. I'll never forget some years ago when my youngest daughter Maddy was nine and I took her to the San Francisco Opera to see Madame Butterfly. A nine year old...9:45 AM in Culture, Homeschooling, Inspiration, Life Lessons From My Kids, Mothering, Music | Permalink | Comments (2)
January 24, 2005
Blowin' in the wind . .
In case you don't get around to reading Bob Dylan's Chronicles, let me fill you in on some pretty amazing surprising stuff: I didn't belong to anybody then or now. I had a wife and children whom I loved more than anything else in the world. I was trying to...1:18 PM in Books, Culture | Permalink | Comments (1)
January 23, 2005
P.S.
Marla Swoffer is the kind of writer that when I read her stuff I wish I'd written it. You know what I mean? She's brilliant and her aim is true. She's young enough to be my daughter. And I made the foolish mistake of exhorting her last year to stop...5:26 PM in Current Affairs, Pro-Life Issues, Writing | Permalink | Comments (3)
January 22, 2005
Blowing out 32 candles for Roe v. Wade
There's so much more nuance to the abortion debate than the MSM (mainstream media) wants you to believe. If you don't believe me, just google pro life and liberals and see what you come up with. I particularly like LeftOut - A Haven For Progressive ProLifers. Be sure to...2:21 PM in Feminism, Mothering, Pro-Life Issues | Permalink | Comments (0)
January 21, 2005
What writer's block?
It will be a busy ten days for me. On my dining room table are page proofs for The Mommy Manual: Planting Roots That Give Your Child Wings, which I need to approve for my book to be released by Revell next May -- it's on amazon, but no...10:27 AM in Writing | Permalink | Comments (1)
January 20, 2005
Ouch.
Woman Gives Birth to Giant Baby (click for hyperlink) Okay, so it was a Caeserean delivery, but still. Ouch. Samantha was born in 1969. True to my counterculture inclinations, I'd found an obscure book on Lamaze and decided I would have natural childbirth and nurse. No one was...3:04 PM in Feminism, Mothering | Permalink | Comments (2)
January 19, 2005
Snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seems like we waited forever this year. Two years ago, when we moved to Virginia from California, people said it didn't snow much here anymore. My kids were disappointed, as part of the bait I used to get them psyched up about the Big Move was that they...11:04 AM in Down syndrome, Inspiration, Mothering | Permalink | Comments (3)
January 18, 2005
For those ironic mommy moments -
"I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much." ~~Mother Teresa~~...11:10 PM in Inspiration | Permalink | Comments (1)
When the going gets tough. . .
I can't think of any other job like motherhood. With no specific hours, salary, or daily job description, the only way to describe our job seems to be "expecting the unexpected." Like the day the doorbell rang and I rushed to finish diapering Zachary, whisked him over my...5:41 PM in Mothering | Permalink | Comments (1)
January 16, 2005
One thing you should know about me
My Christmas tree is still up. The weekend before school started I was all set to take it down. I'd reached that point -- you know -- where as excited as I'd been about decorating the month before, I was now really tired of the clutter. So...4:14 PM in Mothering | Permalink
January 15, 2005
Yo ho, Yo ho, the Mommy Life for me!
Here's why we need to talk: I've been a mother of toddlers for 35 years. Thirty-five years! I didn't plan it that way. In 1969 when I had my first daughter Samantha Sunshine, I could hardly wait to be the best mother in the world. Maybe that's how all...9:46 PM in | Permalink | Comments (8)
